IndianaIndiana urges study of county district rules and hearings
The law urges Indiana’s Legislative Council to assign a committee to study county district rules, including possible public hearings on proposed boundaries.
What it does
The law urges the Legislative Council to assign a committee to study county district rules. The study would consider possible public hearings on proposed boundaries and special processes for counties in two population ranges.
Argument forA study could help lawmakers consider how to draw county districts and whether people should get a hearing on proposed boundaries.
Argument againstCounties might not get a public hearing process because the law asks the committee to study whether one should be required.
More detail
The Legislative Council is urged to assign a study committee to examine county district rules. The study would consider whether county executives should publish proposed boundaries and hold a public hearing before adopting or revising districts, how districts should be made up, and processes for counties in two specified population ranges. The law urges the council to assign the study; it does not require the council to do so. The provision takes effect July 1, 2026, and expires July 1, 2027. The committee’s study is assigned for the 2026 interim.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 4Public Law 93Latest
- Mar 4Signed by the Governor Mike BraunBecame Law
- Feb 27Signed by the President Pro TemporeMajor
- Feb 27Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Feb 26Signed by the SpeakerMajor
- Feb 25House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 378: yeas 91, nays 5
- Vote recorded HB 1342 - Yocum. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25Motion to concur filedMinor
- Feb 25Returned to the House with amendmentsMinor
- Feb 24Third reading: passed; Roll Call 254: yeas 39, nays 8Passed Senate
- Vote recorded HB 1342 - Gaskill - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 23Amendment #2 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice voteMajor
- Feb 23Second reading: amended, ordered engrossedMinor
- Feb 16Committee report: do pass, adoptedMinor
- Feb 2First reading: referred to Committee on ElectionsMinor
- Jan 29Referred to the SenateMinor
- Jan 28Third reading: passed; Roll Call 122: yeas 78, nays 17Passed House
- Vote recorded HB 1342 - Yocum - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Senate sponsor: Senator Gaskill
- Jan 27Amendment #1 (Yocum) prevailed; Division of the House: yeas 59, nays 33Major
- Jan 27Amendment #3 (Yocum) prevailed; voice voteMajor
- Jan 27Amendment #2 (Andrade) failed; voice voteMajor
- Jan 27Second reading: amended, ordered engrossedMinor
- Jan 22Committee report: amend do pass, adoptedMinor
- Jan 13Representatives Payne, Errington added as coauthors
- Jan 6Authored by Representative Yocum
- Jan 6First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and ApportionmentIntroduced
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